WanderWisley@lemmy.world to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 24 天前What'd he say?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1968arrow-down111
arrow-up1957arrow-down1imageWhat'd he say?lemmy.worldWanderWisley@lemmy.world to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 24 天前message-square59linkfedilink
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 天前Arguably either? She came from there, but she still came here.
minus-squareNeverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 天前She emmigrated from Slovenia and immigrated to US. Same motion, different frame of reference.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·23 天前But as descriptive linguistics, you can say she immigrated to America from Slovenia. So she immigrated from Slovenia. Nobody in America is likely to call her a “Slovenian emigrant.”
minus-squaresetVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 天前I wish they were both grated into a very fine powder
Arguably either? She came from there, but she still came here.
She emmigrated from Slovenia and immigrated to US. Same motion, different frame of reference.
But as descriptive linguistics, you can say she immigrated to America from Slovenia. So she immigrated from Slovenia. Nobody in America is likely to call her a “Slovenian emigrant.”
just migrated
I wish they were both grated into a very fine powder